Evergreen Marine says it will keep using megaships
Evergreen Marine Corp is to continue using “megaships” vessels with more than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of capacity on its European routes, despite a Suez Canal incident, the container shipper said yesterday.
Evergreen Marine uses two kinds of vessels on its Europe routes, six with capacity of 14,000 TEUs and 11 with 20,000 TEUs.
The MV Ever Given, a 20,000 TEU Panama-flagged ship, last month blocked the canal for six days after becoming lodged on a bank.
All of its 20,000 TEU vessels are owned by Japan-based Shoei Risen Kaisha Ltd, Evergreen Marine told an investors’ conference in Taipei, adding that it has chartered the Ever Given.
Evergreen Marine says it will keep using megaships
‘NOT RESPONSIBLE’: The firm said its responsibility was for the safety of the goods on the ‘Ever Given’ and that insurance would cover any losses from the canal saga
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
Evergreen Marine Corp (長榮海運) is to continue using “megaships” vessels with more than 20,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) of capacity on its European routes, despite a Suez Canal incident, the container shipper said yesterday.
Evergreen Marine uses two kinds of vessels on its Europe routes, six with capacity of 14,000 TEUs and 11 with 20,000 TEUs.
The MV Ever Given, a 20,000 TEU Panama-flagged ship, last month blocked the canal for six days after becoming lodged on a bank.